The Ridgeway

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 Well I went to the Ridgeway this morning, as you do. 

My feet are still singing as I speak. 

I got lost on the way, and lost on the way back but I made it to the Ridgeway, helped by a retired lawyer who does the walk up every day from his house in Letcombe Regis. He very kindly slowed down for me... oh the shame of not being in top form. 

I took many pictures on my camera but none on my phone so here you are. Nothing to see here. Sorry!

I went around 8 am this morning, after voting and came back about 3 hours later. I went too far walking on the Ridgeway and then found a road that did not have any space for me to walk in so I had to be walking in the fields. 

Then, at last, a pavement, just one side of the road but that doesn't matter, so I was no longer trespassing. Apparently anyway, the kind lawyer told me farmers didn't mind too much as long as you're not driving on the sideways. 

Well my first impression of the Ridgeway was a disapointment. It was just a road on which you had cars also and I could not see below. But this is probably not the best part of the Ridgeway, and going up there was magical with our Letcombe Regis gentleman pointing to me the nice views.

Oh this is silly, I must get you a picture from this morning, I will wake up my moribond old Mac and beg for a transfer of a few pics?


Well one pic... the computer crash after that. This is not, technically the Ridgeway, I was just on my way there when I took this picture.

Ah... managed to send another one


 


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